Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-14

consequence btlWt Chilu - tIIOWtu it
20 the woods he should be taught the ma
ture of this deadly ivy.
The crowds which came Ia Springfield to
attend the q. A. X. encampment were the
means OF bringing 10 this city the first piano
organette ever seen here. They are com
mon enough in London. Eng. and nn the
continent, but rare enough in this country.
Sullivan, in his "MtksdO,' puts the piano
urganette on his list of HuSaucrs in the
When. a. sometimes II may happen, that
a victim must be found, I've got little
list" song but the verdict of the crowds
on the streets who heard the instrument
here was that il is an infinite improvement
on the old style box organ, and that it
makes very melodiouS music. The inStru-
mrnt is Of large size. worked with crank
like a box organ. and seems in mechanism
10 be- kind Of cross between box organ
and music box.
Are you aware" said prominent cit
izen Ia me yesterday, that any number of
property ownGrS aud munled people in this
city are
WAITING FOR TIM GA> BOOM
TO strike Springfield. with great confidence.
That is the talk everywhere in this city.
You hear il in the hotels. banks, real estate
offices and on the streets. And come l."
think of il. the expectation is entirely rea-
sonable. The Northwestern Gas company
is piping natural gas to the city of Toledo
at the rate of 5000 feet Of pipe per day.
The gas will be carried forty miles from
fields in Wood and Hancock counties. Now
carry this principle TO the question Of oh
tanning gas for Springfield. II gas is dis
covered anywhere, forty miles north, east,
south or west Of Springfield. il can be
piped with the same success with which il -
taken 10 Toledo. Into Buffalo, y. Y. gas
is piped eighty-Seven miles. Ii is not
farther than this in an air line from Spring
field 10 Carey, o., where several immense
gas wells exist. There can be no possible
doubt whatever that the drill
will deyelope natural gas with
in forty miles OF Springfield. Wells
are being drilled at Dayton, Troy. Nenia.
Northampton. Osborn, and numerous other
points within less than 50 miles OF Spring
field. Success at any of these points means
natural gas for Springfield.
Many persons in Springfield are holding
! on Ia their property Ia ''see what day
may bring forth" They understand very
well that il gas il struck near Springfield
the price of every foot of real estate in the
city would double. They are well aware
that their property will not depreciate in
price even if gas is not found, and that il
will double if il is found. The man, there
fore, who holds on to his real estate. has
everything to gain and nothing to lose. 4
real estate man told me the other day of a
sale which has been on the tapis for some
weeks. Suddenly the owner broke of the
negotiations. and said he had concluded not
Ia sell. He had heard that there was a
probability of gas being introduced into
Springfield and thought that he would wait
for the high prices which il would
bring. The sale is of. Il know
Of several married men of this city
who are getting their funds into shape Ia
go in and buy heavily OF the very first Whit
of natural gas in Springfield. The tele-
graph brings news daily OF the spreading of
the gas belt What was at first supposed
10 be monopolized by little strip of c0un-
try in Hancock county has now spread over
dozen counties in Ohio. the same number
in Indiana and several in Illinois. In few
months natural gas will become As common
in Ohio and Indiana aS spring water, and
then goodbye booms. and enter steady
growth and wonderful prosperity. Editor
Halstead, of the C0Hme erciIt Gazette. puts
the discovery of natural gas over such
large extent of country in Ohio as not
whit below the discovery of gold in Cali
tornia in Importance. and says that IL will
produce more wealth for Ohio and Indiana
than did the discovery OF gold in California.
Certain it is that good, big. high pressure
well would discount the discovery of gold
mine just now in Springfield ten Ia one"
Since the advent of the gas craze in Ohio.
the oldest inhabitant" i humping himself
10 remember whether natural gas was not a
thing in Springfield i'll the days Of
his bOyhood. One oldest inhabtant" al
Northampton. near this city. has rrnem-
b-red that while prospecting for oil near
that place some years since, the searchers
found big flow of gas, So much, in fact,
that they were scared out of future boring,
plugged up their well and quit. Another
oldest inhabitant says some workmen
were boring well many Years ago west of
the city. and that considerable depth they
struck big flow of gas, which rushed forth
with such fierce kissing noise, that the
workmen fed ir alarm. imagining that some
Df the evil spirits OF the earth were after
them. This was probably strong vein of
surface shaJe gas. | visited the Champion
we'll, which is located near the corner of
Harrison street and Linden avenue, near
.he new Champion warehouse which is in |
process of construction. few days ago. |
md had chat with the man in charge, who /
'ame recently from the PennSyk ania oil /.
,elds.
"lS there any hope for Springfield" | /
Isked. why yes. he said, Il think We
will get gas here somewhere. Two or three .
ailures are nothing. Hundreds of thous-
nds of dollars We're spent near Pittsburg
'efore satisfactory wells were obtained. | !
lont think the right place in Springfield
las been found yet. think the drill will
'ring gas yet il the citizens only perseyere.
The well here is over 1000 feet deep. At
resent, there is only faint OdOr OF gas.
The well has water III it and the result is
hat progress is extremely slow. We can
My make two Or three feet per day through
he water since the water buoys up the
rill. and its stroke has no force. In drv
rilling il is sometimes possible Ia make
ty feet per day. They say that Spring
cid is out of the belt. but We must not
orget that according 10 geolOgists Findlay
'as once ont 0i the belt"
A Springfield youth went into coal
flee the other day and asked Ia have a
,ad OF coal sent 10 his house.
What kind" asked the dealer
The youth never said word. but silently /
rev back the lapel of his coat, and rang
little nickel bell
The dealer promptly sent the young man
load Of chestnut coal by return mail
Does not this story show superhuman
'illiancy of intellect i'll both buyer and
lier?
The beautiful terra Gotta Queen kapioal-
Is attracting much attention Just Dow, a. ,
e fits tram place 10 place in our broad
III beautiful land. She is evidently trying
put on her best behavior, inasmuch a.
4. has nnf tried IN cot X..t md